Elisha F. Paxton

Elisha Franklin Paxton (4 March 1828-3 May 1863) was a Brigadier-General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Elisha Franklin Paxton was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1828, and he graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1849 at the top of his class, becoming a lawyer in Ohio. An outspoken and blunt supporter of secession, he joined the Confederate States Army when the American Civil War broke out, serving under his antebellum friend Stonewall Jackson at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. On 30 May 1862, he became Jackson's chief-of-staff, and he took command of the Stonewall Brigade after the death of William E. Starke at the Battle of Antietam. On 3 May 1863, Paxton was struck by a Minie ball while preparing to attack the Union forces at Chancellorsville, killing him.